Hi Mother Jones Reader, 

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, between investigations I’m working on for Mother Jones and getting the word out about my new book, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America, all about Russian interference in US elections over the past ten years and Donald Trump’s complicity.

But the fundraising team asked me to jump into your inbox today, and so here’s a brief note with the skinny: Mother Jones has a Fall Membership Drive going on, and we have a great hook. A generous supporter has put up a $50,000 matching gift. That means every dollar you give right now will be doubled.

The deadline for this matching gift is Friday. The fundraisers tell me that as of this morning, readers like you have raised about $20K. Here’s how I see it: Right now, we’re leaving $30K on the table.

You know that I’d much rather be chasing after a kickass story than asking you for money. But I can’t do the former without the latter. It’s a simple fact of life: Mother Jones reporters are only able to pursue important stories and investigations because folks like you part with your hard-earned dollars to make it possible. We can’t do this work without you.

I’ve been writing and thinking a lot about Russia and national security this week and how we need to protect our nation from disinformation targeted at us by foreign adversaries aiming to subvert American democracy. These attacks can be stopped, but the FBI, the Justice Department, and the intelligence services are now run by lackeys more dedicated to protecting Trump and preserving his power—even by undermining elections—than to national security.

I can’t predict the future, but I can tell you what I’m doing right now to fight the authoritarians and kleptocrats who are trying to steal our country: Uncover the truth and share it with you. That’s my goal, and that’s the goal of our reporting teams in DC, San Francisco, New York, and across the country. We’re here to deliver that fierce, no-bullshit journalism that you’ve come to expect from Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting. But—I have to say it once more—to do that, we need your support.

If you can give today, please do. We’ll keep pursuing the truth for you and all MoJo readers. Thanks for considering this request. I know they can be annoying. But now, I’m going to get back to reporting. Wish me luck. More soon.

Thanks for having our back,